 Lasith Malinga became the first player to take four wickets in four balls at an international level in the 2007 World Cup, against South Africa.Chaminda Vaas took four wickets in five balls against Bangladesh in 2003, including wickets with the first three balls of the match.There have also been hat tricks in Cricket World Cups by Chetan Sharma, Saqlain Mushtaq, Brett Lee, Kemar Roach, Steven Finn , JP Duminy and Mohammed Shami.